Minecraft for Xbox 1.7.3 released, adds pistons and more features

You've been waiting for it. You've been craving it. Now the time has come: Minecraft for Xbox has made it to 1.7.3! The update that came out 11 months ago for the PC has been ported to the Xbox, and all the goodies that go along with it. Here's the full list of new things Xbox players can look forward to:

- Added Pistons & Sticky Pistons.
- Added Stackable fences.
- Added Shears – required to get wool from sheep, and to collect leaf blocks.
- TNT needs Flint and Steel or Redstone to detonate.
- Redstone wire will now connect to a repeater.
- New textures for Cobblestone and Brick.
- Added Character Skin Selector to allow players to choose their skin from the default skins, or from Downloadable Content skin packs.
- Added lighting improvements (brought forward from 1.8.2 update) and snow & rain improvements.
- Added a save file cache to improve the speed of displaying the saves list.
- Added ban list functionality to allow players to self-ban from levels they feel contain offensive content.
- Added a ban list section to the How To Play menus.

- and more....

Excited out of your pants? This update should roll out to existing players soon, and if you haven't bought it you can get it for 1600 Microsoft points ($16 US) at the Xbox Live Market.

Source: Mojang